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M.K. sells computers, peripheral devices and accessories and also exchanges such parts. Furthermore, M.K. renders services to said devices, in particular attendances. In case of an exchange of components, the relevant parts will be exchanged as soon as possible. If we have the parts on stock, we will exchange them immediately. Repair work will only be performed if the defective part is in a repairable condition and has not been damaged by exterior influences or attempts at repair by third parties. M.K. shall be entitled, in case of deliveries of exchange parts prior to the receipt of the part to be exchanged from the customer (advance delivery), to charge the original price of the exchanged part if the part returned turns out to be unworthy of repair. Exchange parts shall be sent back within 5 business days. Warranty for purchased goods shall be 6 months.If any services provided are defective, a warranty exchange shall be made if the complaint is lodged with M.K. Company in writing within 5 business days. The purchase of the relevant good or service from M.K. shall be the decisive precondition.A cost estimate against payment may be issued prior to the repair work upon express request.The fees of such cost estimate shall be as follows:Floppy disks, hard disks and power supply units EUR 25.00;Notebooks, system boards, PCs and printers EUR 50.00.These fees will be compensated if a repair order is placed.
2. Calculation and Payment Terms
M.K. shall, in each individual case, charge the prices shown in the current price list of M.K. Company plus VAT as applicable. The current price list may be sent to the customer upon request. New parts will be charged at their current market price with M.K. The market price may be notified to the customer upon request. Exchange prices shall be agreed in advance in writing in each individual case.Shipment cost, postal charges and any taxes and duties incurred to or to be paid by M.K. will be added to the aforesaid price in each individual case. M.K. shall further have the right to charge a processing fee of €15.00 if the value of goods is below €25.00.The risk of loss by accident or damage shall devolve to the customer as soon as the shipment is sent with the post office or any forwarding agency or delivery company.All goods supplied shall remain the property of M.K. until payment of the claim in question as well as any other claims of M.K. against the relevant customer have been effected in full. An extended retention of title shall apply.M.K. Company shall have a right of lien over any devices and components (floppy disks, hard disks, power supply units, system boards, printers etc.) of the customer sent to M.K. by the customer with respect to any claims against the relevant customer.M.K. shall surrender any goods at its own option upon the customer's request as soon as the market value of the customer goods held with M.K. exceeds the claims of M.K. against the customer. Any claims of M.K. shall be payable immediately and without any discount within 10 days after the date of invoice.Due to numerous false orders, M.K. shall only take back sold or exchanged parts and goods if kept in their original packing with undamaged seal and only against payment of an amount of 30% of the gross total amount of the invoice. The amount shall be due upon the date of return. Special orders shall not be taken back.
3. Liability
Liability of M.K. shall be limited to any damage arising from wilful misconduct or gross negligence of M.K. or any of its vicarious agents. M.K. shall further not be liable for any profit loss on the part of the customer. Liability shall not apply to any loss of data in connection with repair work. No liability will be assumed for price lists.
4. Warranty
We always work on and examine our goods with great care; however, defects may not be excluded in individual cases. In the event of a defect, M.K. shall assume warranty according to the following provisions. M.K. shall in each case be granted the opportunity of subsequent improvement of defective parts, provided such subsequent improvement is reasonable to the customer. In all other respects, the statutory provisions shall apply. The customer shall immediately examine any delivered parts for defects. Any defects detected shall be immediately reported to M.K. If the customer is a fully qualified merchant, he shall immediately make a complaint in respect of any defects or quantity deviations. Warranty for any purchased Epson-spare parts: Fitting of spare parts requires special knowledge, skills and tools! Defects on such spare parts after fitting are mostly due to defective installation or to the influence of other defective components. We will not accept any warranty claims for Epson spare parts.
5. Postal Charges and Packaging
If any incoming repair orders (in particular, monitors, complete computers, printers, laptops and notebooks) are defectively packed, M.K. shall have the right to make a reusable protective packaging and charge the cost to the customer proportionately to avoid transport damage. Any transport damage shall be reported within 2 days after receipt of the goods by the customer.
When purchasing exchange parts, the exchanged old part shall be delivered to us within 5 business days, otherwise we will charge the difference to the price of the new part. Returned parts shall only be accepted in their original packing and free domicile.
7. German Law
The legal relationship between M.K. and the customer shall be governed by German law unless the Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods (EKG) or any successor regulations apply.
8. Jurisdiction
If the customer is a fully qualified merchant and no exclusive place of jurisdiction applies, the place of jurisdiction for any disputes on an amount in litigation up to €5,000.00 (including) shall be the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Geislingen/Steige, Germany, and for any disputes on an amount exceeding €5,000.00, place of jurisdiction shall be Ulm District Court (Landgericht).
9. Handling
Deliveries to new customers shall exclusively be made by cash on delivery. Orders shall be placed in writing.


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Buzz Lightyear the legendary space ranger, embarks on an intergalactic adventure. Alongside his robotic companion Sox He joins an elite group of recruits and must work together to fight the evil Zurg and his dutiful robot army. Kids will enjoy this animated adventure. They will learn, laugh, and enjoy the wonders of space. It's an iconic classic that won't disappoint. It's the perfect movie for families and preschoolers. Lightyear is both a great space adventure film and a thoughtful meditation about time. However, its relationship to Toy Story is a little vague. It's more like a movie within the movie rather than a satirical take on the blockbusters of the past. Despite its lack of direct connection to Toy Story, it is still worth seeing if you haven't seen the first two movies.
Pixar animation fans may long for a sequel that features Buzz Lightyear and Andy. Lightyear is a film that stands alone however it also features several characters from earlier Toy Story films like Zurg. The Emperor Zurg is a villain from the Toy Story universe. The Emperor Zurg is a villain who has appeared in earlier Toy Story films, and claims to be Buzz Lightyear's father.
After the recent LightYear movie came out in 2022. Buzz LightYear toys products started releasing at the end of May 2022. Several toys hit the major markets displaying a space ship that Buzz fly's to find warp speed to 12 inch figurines that seem to be the most popular of toys for kids ages 4 years to 8 years. The sales of these products have been extremely high in demand because of the popularity and connection that kids and adults seemed to have with the Buzz LightYear series. Depending where you are buying, the prices of these toys varies greatly especially the 12 inch figurines from Buzz LightYear to Zurg and Cyclopes. Lot of these toys you will find on the shelves from major brand stores like Walmart, Target, Ebay and Amazon. As while these stores try to keep up with demand sometimes there will be a period of price fluctuation varying from product to product when searching for Buzz LightYear toys. This can be caused by low supplies some times, but other factors do get added into the this problem.
Another issue that can arise is not finding a complete set of Buzz LightYear toys for your collection. Mary a mom of two, was very frustrated when trying to find a set of 12 inch figurines for her two little boys of ages 5 years and 7 years. She stated that when she went to Target she would find a couple different Buzz LightYear figurines but there was no Zurg or Cyclopes. So she had to go searching else where which made her mad because the time it took driving around. Others have commented that sometimes you have to go searching on the internet like Ebay or Amazon to find these great highly detail figures, but they did mention depending what day you are looking for them the price can vary from cheap to vary expensive.
If you are one of those people that don't like searching deals on the internet or doesn't like driving store to store to find what you are looking for. Another great online store that sells Buzz LightYear in a set, is a store called B Xavier. They are not your traditional online store like Amazon or Ebay, but they do sell Buzz LightYear 12 inch figures in a complete set. The pro about this company is they sell products in bundles as they call it "B Xavier Kit". Rather than paying a markup per product. They bundle it together and you only pay one markup. They are currently selling a Buzz LightYear 12 inch figurine set with Zurg, Cyclops, and Buzz calling it the "Buzz LightYear Survival Kit" for parents and grandparents that don't know what to get thier kids for Christmas. This great set they sell is a good price for what you are getting. The only thing about them is there not a big company yet, so you do have to pay shipping but if that is not a concern to you then give them a try. I was really impress with the price they gave and also how much I was saving through them. When you look at there website they break down the top retail value per action figure, and I was surprise how expensive that these 12 inch figurines can go for. It really is something.
Weather you are a parent like me or a grandparent. There are a few options out there if you are a big Buzz LightYear fan. Depending on what your needs are you have B Xavier, Amazon, Ebay, Walmart and Target. My favorite store to shop for Buzz LightYear toys this year was B Xavier. I really like the hole bundle idea even though they call it "B Xavier Kit". It was simple and easy. I even liked watching the four minute video they had explaining to me how I didn't need to go searching on the internet or crash my car in a busy mall parking lot to find this simple but fantastic toy set of Buzz LightYear. There video really made me laugh! They were right about one thing though. My 5 year old boy did love his present for his birthday. And was also super ecstatic!


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'Non-Stop' lands at No. 1 at weekend box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Liam Neeson has grounded "The Lego Movie."
The action star's airliner thriller "Non-Stop" arrived in first place at the weekend box office, effectively ending the Warner Bros. animated film's three-week blockade at the top spot. The Universal film stars Neeson as a federal air marshal on a doomed flight. "Non-Stop" ascended in its first weekend with $30 million domestically and $20 million internationally, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"I think the fact that audiences were ready for a suspense thriller has a lot to do with the film's success, and obviously Liam is an absolute box office draw," said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal. "One of the main reasons people were coming to see the film was Liam."
Fox's "Son of God" debuted closely behind "Non-Stop" in second place with $26.5 million domestically. The film recounts the story of Jesus' life using footage from the production of History Channel's 10-part miniseries "The Bible." Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak, noted it was a strong showing because box office predictions for "Son of God" were wildly varied.
"It's difficult to track religious- and faith-based films, as we learned with 'The Passion of the Christ,' " Dergarabedian said. "If the expectation is that Hollywood should make more movies like this, then the audiences who want these movies have to vote with their dollars. It's only then that Hollywood will wake up and see this as a viable genre that people will want to see."
"Son of God," which features Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado in the role of Jesus, is the first of several religious-themed films set for release this year, including next month's "Noah" starring Russell Crowe and "Exodus" with Christian Bale planned for December.
"The Lego Movie," which features the voices of Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks as characters from the block-building toy franchise, came in third place with $21 million in its third weekend, bringing its total domestic haul to $209.3 million. "Lego Movie" also earned $21 million from 52 international territories.
A few contenders up for Oscars at Sunday's 86th annual Academy Awards received a boost at the box office. Dergarabedian said the box office for "12 Years a Slave" was up 72 percent and for "Dallas Buyers Club" was up 44 percent over last weekend. Both films are vying for the best-picture trophy at the Oscars, as well as several other honors.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, latest international numbers are also included.
1. "Non-Stop," $30 million ($20 million international).
2. "Son of God," $26.5 million
3. "The Lego Movie," $21 million ($21 million international).
4. "The Monuments Men," $5 million ($8.5 million international).
5. "3 Days to Kill," $4.9 million ($9 million).
6. "RoboCop," $4.5 million ($30 million).
7. "Pompeii," $4.3 million ($16.4 million).
8. "Frozen," $3.6 million ($6.8 million).
9. "About Last Night," $3.4 million.
10. "Ride Along," $3 million.
Estimated weekend ticket sales Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "RoboCop," $30 million.
2. "The Lego Movie," $21 million.
3. "Non-Stop," $20 million.
4. "Pompeii," $16.4 million.
5. "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," $16 million.
6. "Mr. Peabody and Sherman," $15.5 million.
7. "Supercondrique," $11.1 million.
8. . "The Monuments Men," $8.5 million.
9. "Frozen," $6.8 million.
10. "12 Years a Slave," $6.6 million.
Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
Follow AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang.


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The iPhone 5 has been out for nearly two months now. But judging by the overall app landscape, you'd hardly know it has been seven weeks (or eight, if you start counting at the date of the announcement) since the iPhone 5 made its debut. While some apps have been updated to take advantage of the iPhone 5's larger screen, many more have not.
What's the holdup? That's the question we've found ourselves asking here at the Ars Orbiting HQ. Whether we use the iPhone 5 because it's directly connected to our jobs (ahem) or because it's what works best in our personal lives, we've all run into apps that are clearly still formatted for the smaller iPhone 4/4S screen, with black bars at the top and bottom. And these aren't little, no-name apps either—there are some major companies, firms with wildly popular applications, that have yet to update their apps for the iPhone 5. [Editor's Note: most of the applications have received other maintenance updates, and several of them new features. But no iPhone 5 screen support. This is not a list of "dead" apps.]
Who are we talking about? There are a couple of software giants: Google—which mysteriously has updated its Gmail and Chrome apps, but not Latitude, Translate, or Voice—and Microsoft, with its Bing app. There are also the airlines, like American Airlines, FlyDelta, and jetBlue, which have yet to update their apps for the larger screen, or Amtrak for train enthusiasts like our Deputy Editor Nate Anderson.
And then there are the news organizations: BBC News, NPR News, ESPN Scorecenter, Zite, and News.me (though we're not holding our breath for that last one). And the ones that help us get things done every day, like Peapod, American Express, Zipcar, GrubHub, TaxiMagic, Uber, eTrade, and Withings. Some major communications apps have yet to be updated, like Skype and AIM.
Gamers don't appear to be particularly high on the update priority list either. Scramble, Matching, Plants vs. Zombies, the original AngryBirds, FruitNinja, Civ Revolution, Tetris, Battleship, Catapult King, Fieldrunners, Fieldrunners 2, Modern War, Crime City, and Kingdom Age were all named by Ars staffers as apps that don't have iPhone 5 versions yet.
And there are plenty more where those came from.
But why?
No one is required to issue an update just for our edification—that's the whole benefit to iOS 6 being able to run apps made for iPhone 4/4S on an iPhone 5's screen. But the time it has taken for these (and other) apps to see an update for Apple's latest iPhone is beginning to drag out, and it makes it seem like app makers don't care as much about the iPhone as they once did—at least from an end-user's point of view.
One thing we do know is that Apple's review process doesn't appear to be holding things back: we're told by several developers that the wait time on the iOS App Store is roughly a week or less right now. Those six to seven other weeks are still unaccounted for.
But there are a number of other theories floating around about the holdup. One developer speculated that companies might be holding onto their iPhone 5-formatted apps for a planned feature update sometime in the future—that is, maybe Google is planning to add some mind-blowing new features to its Voice app, and it will update the app for the iPhone 5 when that release is finally out.
Another developer suggested that some app makers might be fearful of making their existing app ratings and reviews invisible by issuing a brand new update for iPhone 5. Apple's App Store reviews system now makes a point of only showing you reviews for the most current version of the app as a default, so if a particular app has some phenomenal reviews for an older version, the developer may be hesitant to start "anew" with a fresh slate.
This plays into the next reason speculated by some of our developer sources: "laziness and a lack of pride." Could it be that some of these app makers just don't feel the need to rush to get their apps up-to-speed on the latest iPhone, and they don't care enough about their work to want to do so quickly? That frame of mind undoubtedly plagues many of the thousands of apps on the App Store, though we would be disappointed to learn that the companies behind some of the bigger apps feel that way about their end-user experiences.
Feeling a little stale
Whatever reason companies have for holding off on updating their apps for the iPhone 5, the end result is that the App Store is beginning to feel a bit stale for longtime and new users alike. Imagine being one of the 5 million people who bought an iPhone 5 over its launch weekend in September and being brand new to the platform: how would you feel if half the apps you tried to download weren't made with your device in mind?
Even though it's not directly Apple's fault, it is Apple's problem. After all, Apple benefits from the perception that it has the hottest mobile platform on both the developer and the user side. Without more current updates for the most recent devices, it looks from the outside like iOS as a platform is slowing down. Where is the enthusiasm to get things up to date?
I reached out to Apple for comment on this phenomenon but received no response by publication time.
To be fair, there are plenty of developers who have updated their apps to be more friendly to the iPhone 5's elongated screen. Facebook, Alien Blue, Kindle, Nest, Instagram, Instapaper, Tripit, The Weather Channel, Pandora, Spotify, Chase… all these apps and more have been updated to take advantage of the larger screen, and their users have noticed.
So to you developers who are dragging your feet, where's the love for the iPhone 5?


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Anderson Cooper speaks with Marcia Clark, Jose Baez and Lou Palumbo about the video of George Zimmerman in police custody the night he shot Trayvon Martin.
Did any bullets pass through the victim?
Were any wound entries on the front of the victim?
Did crime scene investigators look for evidence of bullets fired from the gun that struck the ground?
Did they find any?
The answers to these questions could result in the following conclusions.
1. Yes, yes, yes, yes. The shooter could have been on top of the victim at the time of the shooting; broken nose and all.
2. Yes, yes, yes, no. The victim could have been on top of shooter at the time of the shooting; breaking noses and all.
3. Yes/No, no, yes, no. The shooter could have been on top of the victim at the time of the shooting; broken nose and all.
Blacks need to be making speeches to their own race about how to act when you are questioned from a cop, a neighborhood watch, or any one of authority. That if you are questioned by cops, or even an everyday citizen, be polite and respectful and whatever you do, DO NOT RUN! If the majority of blacks followed them simple rules of common civility, there would be countless less blacks shot/beat up by law enforcment. Does anyone really believe if Trayvon would hav simply politely told Zimmerman what he was doing there, instead of running and then attacking him, that he wouldnt be alive today?
Nobody knows what happened when they met. Martin did not know who Zimmerman was. He could be a killer or pedophile or something else. Zimmerman is not a police man. Every child will resist attempts like this. For you to be saying that citizens should be polite and respectful does not even make sense. This was a rainy night with somebody following you.
Being in the EMS medical field if you are called out on a scene such as this and are treating a patient who has been in a fight. You treat that patient for his wounds/injuries. If the wounds/injuries are not life threatening and the person is Alert and oriented to (person, place, time, etc) answers all your assessment question appropriately, then at that point the patient is in control of his/her treatment. And by that I mean they have the decision of if they wish to be checked out and undergo further assessment/treatment by an MD (doctor). If they feel that their injuries do not warrant that then they decline, sign a refusal for (according to that EMS service or counties Standard Operating Procedure) and they are then released into the custody of the Arresting Officer.
Now to the common sense part. You can easily clean up his alleged wounds and release him into custody. Cotton swabs in the nose, abrasions from cement do not bleed extensively. Open gashes do of course (which would warrant a trip to the ER and probable stitches). Blood stains on a red jacket at 300pix is not reliable.
You need to stop speculating this man's injuries, the medical files are evidence and due to HIPA laws which protect our medical files, will not be released until the go to Grand Jury and have been submitted as evidence.
I'm all for prosecuting this man to the fullest extent of the law if he MURDERED that young man. But let the evidence be given the light of day in court. Quit buzzing over this, getting all worked up, and convicting someone of a crime before they are even arraigned. I know there are other things on tv. Go outside, take a walk, read a book. Occupy your time with something else.
I've had a severe concussion, where I hit my head on the cement at about 30MPH ... it did NOT break the skin or bleed. Words cannot describe exactly how intense this experience was. I had a severe black eye that showed up a little bit the next day, then really became clear in the following days. I still say we don't know. A doctor has said the nose break wouldn't necessarily mean bleeding. I say this all only to point out BOTH sides, not just one ... which seems to be the order of the day.
Zimmerman's injuries, or the lack thereof, are irrelevant to the fact that he pursued Trayvon Martin when he did not have to do so and against the advice of the dispatcher. They are also irrelevant to the fact that he was looking for trouble by virtue of his being Neighborhood Watch Captain and his 46 previous calls to 911. Zimmerman was looking for trouble. He cannot now claim he was merely defending himself. I don't care about his injuries.
To me it's simple. If George Zimmerman didn't have relatives in high places like his father whom most of us know is a retired Judge he wouldn't be getting off so easy. Well then again we are talking about the State of Florida. It seems to me that in that State people can literally get away with murder. I have always said that what Zimmerman said had happened didn't add up. I hope that someone with common sense in a position to seek justice will step up to the plate and arrest that cold-blooded murderer George Zimmerman. If I were the parent of this murderer I would encourage him to turn himself in. If he didn't on his own I would turn him in myself. As parents they should sympathize with the parents of the victim. How would they have felt if their son would have been killed? Wouldn't they want the murderer held accountable???
i believe it was covered up from the begining especially not that i know his father is a retired judge. his father probably call the chief and told him his son got in a liltte trouble, see if you can keep this quiet. nothng he says makes sense. if he got beat so bad where is the evidenc. the vidoe is clear to mea just like the voice saying coon could be heard i hate to compare but just like i saw rodney king get beat down and in the end the police said he was trying to get away..with the beating he took he would have ran and taken his chance with getting shot in the back
i agree why were the officers not wearing gloves??? did they allow him to change clothes, because i do not see any blood on grass stains on his shirt from a broken nose or a scuffle....i know that the video is not very clear but its clear to me that he doesn't have blood on his shirt. another thing is alot of people said that he asked trayvon what are you doing here....how do we know he didn't answer him...trayvon is not here to tell his story. also didn't trayvon have a "stand your ground right" to be in the neighborhood where his father was and a right not to answer someone who had been clearly following him from the 911 tapes???? i wouldn't answer...especially if the person didn't identify himself to me as a neighborhood watch person.....
get an expert who is not famous for failing - broken noses do not always spurt blood what mediczl school did she go to
the nose has alot of vasculature. It would make since that it would bleed if the bone was broken. Maybe Zimmerman felft like his nose was broken. It might have even been swollen, but probably not broken. And if he had a gash to his head where's the bandage to cover it. Officers don't write their reports until later, they could have added any detail they wanted.
I just pray this was not an initiation for Zimmerman to join the Sanford police force.
Correction to my initial post; If Mr. Zimmerman was taken to the police station so quickly and the video is clear.
If Mr. Anderson was taken to the police station so quickly and the video is clear. According to the new witness's account that the altercation was in the dark, when it was raining, in the grass. WHY are Mr. Zimmerman's clothes not grass stained; or muddy; or do not even appear to be wet from the rain?
My heart goes out to Trayvon's last moments of his life, I pray that his parent's will have peace of heart or peace of mind.
I wouldn't doubt if the Police Chief retired on a very large Payoff.
Hi Anderson....I sent you an e-mail about 10 days ago regarding this case. I had mentioned I lived in Central FL, about 1/2 hour from Sanford, FL, and had been a victim on tooooo many occasions. I posted this afternoon, that something stinks like dead fish over in Sanford. After watching your program tonight, it stinks like poison. After my own experiences, I call it PASSING THE BUCK.
Travon must of been on top of Zimmerman when shot.think bout it .if travon was on ground fighting and shot how would he of been face down after that
There are so many unanswered questions.
I have had a broken nose and my 3 boys have had numerous cuts/stitches to the face/head due to sports. There would be
so much blood on his shirt, pants, etc. I remember specifically asking the doctor in the ER about the amount of blood and he commented that the face is one of the places that bleeds the most. It doesn't necessary mean its "bad",..but that your head
bleeds like "a stuck pig"! If it was as bad as Zimmerman said, why was there not a band-aid or any sign of wound? Why wasn't he holding a kleenex, ice or something to his nose or head? And why did he just hop out of the police car...he is walking perfectly normal and doesn't seem to be "distraught", as his family has said. Also, did they take Zimmermans clothes to check for blood, gun residue, etc. It looks like he's still wearing them. Unfortunately, if they didn't' take his clothes, there will be no way to conclusively prove that he was the aggressor.
Why are the media (Anderson Cooper, Pearce Morgan, etc) playing lawyer.? They are not lawyers and they should not be questioning potential witnesses the way they are. They should be reporting the news and new developments in the story, period. In the end they could put the prosecution's case in jeopardy with all their amateur interrogations of possible witnesses. They need to stop! They could be helping Zimmerman's case and it's irresponsible.
Listening to the comments of this latest witness, I would say that since he saw Mr. Zimmermen getting up off of the person who was shot and that the person shot was face down it follows that Mr. Zimmerman shot him and that since the boy was face down he was definitely the subject of aggression and not the aggressor.
Wouldn't the police take pictures of Zimmerman's so called injuries for evidence?
The questioning about the video with Zimmerman is ridiculous. Trayvon would be alive if Zimmerman had NOT followed him. I would assume that Trayvon knew he was being followed and probably defended himself. However, if Zimmerman had mined his own business, Trayvon would still be alive.
The video is not that grainy. You will have blood all over you if you just had your nose broken. There is no blood on the back of the shirt from being hit in the back of the head and there is not blood on front of the shirt from getting hit in the nose and having your nose broken. You will bleed on yourself and the person you are fighting with if you are bleeding because the blood has to come down from your nose. If you are getting beat up (George was) the blood would splatter every where.
If Zimmerman was injured as he is claiming, why weren't pictures taken of his injuries by authorities? Certainly if you claiming self defense for shooting a person you would want pictures taken of your injuries to support your claims wouldn't you? Again doesn't measure up. The evidence does not corroborate his story.
George Zimmerman is the son of retired Virginia Supreme Court Magistrate, Judge Robert Zimmerman.
George has a history of legal and behavior problems. The father lives in Lake Mary, an easy drive from Sanford. Certainly, the now-on-leave police chief and the state's attorney know the father, and their replacements could also know him. Police chief and state's attorney overruled the lead investigator and attempted to dismiss this murder as "self defense" on the night it occurred, without investigating.
From the time the story broke in the news, I kept thinking Zimmerman is "connected" to someone. Nothing about what happened the night of Trayvon's murder made sense until I discovered who his father is.
Why is no one talking about this? It's obviously the key to misconduct by the police and the state's attorney.
True no one is talking about this....first I've heard..wow. Makes more sense now.
so.. he lied.. how is this, in any way, inconsistent with the picture that has emerged from this incident?
I know that I would punch a guy that came after me with a gun. Poor Trayvon must have been very much afraid.
Shouldn't the "Stand Your Ground" law apply to Trayvon Martin in this case? Doesn't he have the right under this law to stand his ground when he found George Zimmerman following him? All the discussion I have been hearing is about George Zimmerman standing his ground if he feared for his life.
Where is the EMT report????
So, if Zimmerman was bleeding, from his nose or any injury why the officers not using gloves ????
I thought the same thing when I noticed the "Sanford" police were touching him with no gloves it was apparent that no bodly harm was done, I thought that Trayvon had beaten him bloody and that he was on a strecher..........Not the case. At the end Zimmerman lies and deception with come out.....
If Zimmerman had any blood on him at all when he arrived at the police station, those cops would have been wearing gloves. There's no way they would touch someone with blood on them without protecting themselves.


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So let's see if I can claw my way out.
Here's Part I.
Here's Part II.
Today will constitute Part III, and after that I will never, ever speak of this trip again.
So where was I? Oh, right, heading down that hill for the millionth time:
Once again I walked, because it was broad daylight, and because I planned to check out some of the IMBA Summit action, after which I was ostensibly supposed to give some sort of talk--or, as the schedule put it:
Which would of course get all the attendees psyched up for the next item on the agenda:
"Dude, like sooo stoked for dinner on my own!," a lot of people wearing baggy mountain bike shorts could be heard exclaiming.
Wherever there are bike events there are tents, and under those tents you will find products. Here's the Honey Stinger tent:
Notice how the woman working the tent is shielding her face, which is how people typically react to me:
Actually, she's probably just adjusting her glasses, but I always assume everything's about me.
Anyway, you probably know Honey Stinger for their famous waffles, which are quite tasty. In fact, you could easily mistake them for a regular snack--that is until the bloating and flatulence common to all energy foods kicks in and you realize you've been had.
Oh, here are a couple of disembodied hands:
One is wielding a toothpick, and the other is probing a plate of orange globules.
I am a photojournalist.
Here's another tent shielding representatives of the "World's Only Underground Mountain Bike Park" from the deadly rays of the sun:
The acronym for "World's Only Underground Mountain Bike Park" could almost be "WOMB," which would be cool, so if they moved the park to the surface of the earth they'd at least be one letter closer, as the acronym would then be "WOMBP." Of course, then they'd have a hard time defending the bold claim that they're the "World's Only Mountain Bike Park." As it is, even claiming they're the world's only underground mountain bike park is a stretch, because when it snows I like to ride my mountain bike on the subway tracks, so you could say I invented the concept.*
*[Disclaimer: this is a lie. Riding a bicycle on the subway tracks will result in death by high voltage, steel wheels, and hungry rats, probably in that order.]
Here's the "Pow! E-Rice" tent:
"Pow! E-Rice" is a fried rice-like ride fuel for mountain bikers that comes in a cardboard Chinese-style takeout container. Flavors include "Shreddin' Shrimp," "Pump Track Pork," and "Non-Alliterative Chicken."
You can also eat the chopsticks.
So what's the difference between roadies and mountain bikers? Sure, they dress differently and they ride different bikes, but it goes much deeper than that. Consider the fact that mountain bikers must use tools to maintain the trails on which they ride, whereas roadies don't do anything to help anybody, and are merely tools themselves:
Granted, I don't do crap by way of trail-building or maintenance, but that's going to change when I finally take delivery of the Sutter 300 Bull-Doze-O-Matic I ordered:
What can I say? It was an impulse buy.
Central Park's about to get some sweet new mountain bike trails, and I'm sure the Parks Department won't mind at all.
Another difference between roadies and mountain bikers is that roadies motorpace behind Vespas, whereas mountain bikers fire up motorcycles and drag barbed metal hammocks behind them:
See that?
The way this works is if you injure yourself out on the trail the rescue worker throws you on this thing and drags you to the hospital.
Here's another kid making with the radness at an age when plenty of other children still don't even know how to ride:
And here's the demo bike area:
Alas, I did not sample the latest in inverted fork technology:
Though I did attempt to borrow an e-bike, since e-bikes and trail access was one of the main issues at this year's summit.
Sadly, they were all gone:
Though after browsing the demo area I did go to the e-bike "Flashpoint Discussion" session:
E-bikes and Trail Access: Electric-assist bicycles are a fast-growing category. This discussion will examine the evolving management strategies and best practices for e-bikes on natural surface trails. Facilitated by IMBA Communications Director Mark Eller; panelists include IMBA Executive Director Mike Van Abel; NICA Executive Director and Recreation Planning Consultant, Austin McInery; Randy Neufeld, SRAM; Larry Pizzi, Currie Technologies; Samuel Benedict, Specialized Bicycles.
With some exceptions, I think it's probably a pretty bad idea to allow electric-assist mountain bikes on trails, though by far the most memorable part of the session was when the guy from Specialized concocted an elaborate metaphor involving a cyborg horse in order to make a point about e-bikes I was entirely unable to discern.
So remember: when Specialized introduces an S-Works line of equestrian supplies and crabon robo-horses, you read about it here first.
From the e-bike session I then hopped into the fat bike session taking place next door:
Fat Bikes and Trail Access: Considered a fad just a few years ago, fat bikes have emerged as a meaningful trend in bicycling with application to winter sports, sand sports and backcountry travel. The go-everywhere capability of fat bikes has inspired discussions about how to best manage their use at Nordic facilities, multi-use trails and public beaches. Facilitated by IMBA Upper Midwest Region Director Hansi Johnson. Invited speakers include Gary Sjoquist, QBP/Salsa; Andy Williams, Grand Targhee Resort; Candy Fletcher, Marquetter County Convention and Visitors Bureau Recreation Marketing Director.
Oddly, it was 40 degrees colder in the fat bike room, there was the sound of howling wind, and everyone had crew cuts and talked like "Fargo:"
The one thing I took away from this session is that fat bikers spend an insane amount of time grooming snowy trails in order to make them rideable, which surprised me, because I thought the whole point of fat bikes was that you could ride them anywhere. Honestly, if you have to drive around all day on a snowmobile before you can even think of going for a ride then it hardly seems worth it. Plus, while all the fat bikers are out doing that, who the hell is at home shoveling the walk?
Surly should come out with a new fat bike and call it the "Divorce Attorney."
Then from the fat bike session I headed over to the Bar Mitzvah tent:
Where I participated in the lamest session of all:
Here's a picture of me making "air quotes" before a nonplussed crowd:


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How do I Make a Bomber Anchor?
I work at a camp center in the Alps in France and we teach beginner climbers on one of the building's concrete walls. Until now we've used the iron beams as anchors (using a redundant sling set-up) for toproping, which is safe and works well, but it takes 40 minutes to rig.
I work at a camp center in the Alps in France and we teach beginner climbers on one of the building's concrete walls. Until now we've used the iron beams as anchors (using a redundant sling set-up) for toproping, which is safe and works well, but it takes 40 minutes to rig. We are looking at drilling anchors in the bomber reinforced concrete and were wondering which set-up to go for? Do we use rap-chain with rings, gym double clips, pitons with cable hangers?
Most climbing bolts, with the exception of Fixe and Petzl, were actually designed for use in concrete rather than rock. Options are nearly unlimited, but since the loss of a student or two would be counterproductive, let's go with the really bomber anchors.
Hilti, in my experience, makes the best bolts for concrete. Now, don't fret, I know you are in France and the French and the Germans have been going at it for close to a hundred years, but while Hilti sounds Teutonic, they are in Liechtenstein, a German-speaking principality that like Switzerland has preferred to keep their noses to the grindstone and let the other folks murder each other while they reap the rewards. In short, they make great bolts.
The bolt you want is the HSL-3-GM 10/20. This bolt is much like the Rawl (Powers) 5-piece, but better made and has a nut on one end so you can replace the bolt hanger and other gear as needed. Get the 15 mm (roughly .59-inch) by 115 mm (4.5 inches). I've used a ton of these bolts, and will personally vouch for them.
A couple of pointers. Use a new, sharp bit so you get a nice hole that is within the tolerance of the bolt. As you drill (with a power drill), note whether you suddenly encounter formidable resistance — concrete is almost always reinforced with rebar or other bits of steel and you won't be able to drill through it with a carbide-tipped bit. If you think you have hit steel, give up and move to a different anchor location. As always, use a piece of aquarium tubing to blow out the drill dust, then tap in the bolt and tighten. Use two bolts per anchor and set the bolts about eight inches apart. For the hardware, I recommend the Fixe V-Anchor with Draco carabiners. This all-steel rig costs about $90, but will last just about forever, and has reversed carabiners to prevent the rope from unclipping itself. If you are on a budget, you can make a lesser-quality though still plenty strong anchor by using steel quick links and chain, available here in the U.S. at any hardware store, though in France they might require a permit. Next!


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Coping as a Teenager with Pulmonary Hypertension
"It's a hassle remembering what times I have to take my meds now, and cleaning all of the equipment and whatnot. I really hope that this medicine helps … I just find it a huge distraction."
"It makes me upset that pulmonary hypertension is holding me back from doing things I love, like baseball."
"Everyone asks me about my pulmonary hypertension bracelet lately. It's nice to be able to explain but it's a bittersweet feeling. After they hear that I'm sick the way that they look at me is forever changed."
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What to Expect
Being a teenager is all about becoming more independent, meeting new people, figuring out how to fit in with your friends, thinking about who you are, and making plans for the future. These years can be rough for anyone, but for teens with pulmonary hypertension they can sometimes feel especially unfair and stressful. You may be trying your very best to do it all: hang out with friends, keep up with homework, and come up with answers to big questions like: "What do I want to do with my life?" And then, on top of everything else, you're expected to deal with PH. Between all the medications, missed school, and doctors' appointments, it can feel like a lot.
We talked to some teenagers living with PH and asked them to tell us about what they had to deal with. We also asked them what they wanted other teenagers with PH to know. What follows are some of the things we heard.
"We're not freaks! But we are different."
Lots of teens with PH talk about looking and feeling different. Some feel different because of all the medications and side effects they're dealing with. Some get out of breath in gym class when everyone else is just warming up. Some worry about fitting in because they can't play on the soccer team or try out for cross-country. While lots of the teenagers we spoke with were lucky enough to have close friends who knew about their PH and stuck by their sides, the pressure of trying to fit in with classmates who don't know about PH can be a source of stress.
Things that everyone else gets excited for can be harder to plan for if you have PH. Shopping for clothes and makeup can be trickier if you need to think about a pump, facial flushing or a surgery scar. Lots of high school students look forward to asking someone to prom or finding the perfect dress or tux. But teens with PH told us they also have to plan to find a dress that works with their pump, find a date who doesn't mind that they're on oxygen, or convince their parents to stop worrying enough to let them stay out late with friends for one night. Lots of teens with PH are looking to find a balance between their "PH life" — symptoms, medications and doctors' visits — and their high school life — school, parties and friends.
"Everything's up in the air … but change can be good."
Teens with PH also deal with a lot of change. They say they're becoming more independent from their families (although their parents don't always make it easy!), they're setting goals for the future, and some are thinking about moving out of their parents' houses in the next few years.
Some teens are frustrated to find that the plans they're making all need to be adapted to accommodate their PH. If you're planning on attending college, you may have to consider finding a college close to home or near a PH center, requesting a private room or seeking accommodations from your school to make your college experience successful. You might need to start thinking about transitioning to an adult PH doctor. This can be a pretty intimidating step, especially if you're close with your current PH doctor and nurses. You may also have to start taking on more of your medical responsibilities, from managing your medications to ordering prescription refills.
Life changes, even good ones, can cause stress. Keep in mind that stress looks different in everyone. When you're feeling overwhelmed you might find yourself crying, wanting to be alone, or snapping at family members for no good reason. One teen told us, "PH is on my mind all the time. I have friends, but sometimes I just want to be by myself." You may also experience physical symptoms, like upset stomachs or trouble sleeping. While it can sometimes be difficult to identify symptoms as they're happening, it's important to start paying attention to your emotional and physical ups and downs. These changes can influence your PH and your overall health, so talk to your parents and your PH doctor if you notice any symptoms or changes in behavior.
Lessons to Live By: Teens Share Their Wisdom
Learning how to deal with all these changes is a process that takes time and practice. While it's not always easy, understanding more about PH and starting to take responsibility for your own health can help you feel healthier and more confident. How you view yourself will influence how others view you. If you are happy with who you see in the mirror, your friends and classmates will be too.
Lesson #1: When it feels right, be open with your friends.
Take time to talk to your friends about PH. You are a survivor and you deserve the love and support of the people closest to you. Most teens are amazed at how supportive true friends become once they understand how complicated life with PH can be. One teen recommends being honest about the challenges you face and straightforward in your request for support. She tells her friends, "Life as a chronically ill teen and young adult is not what people think it is. It is a sad, miraculous, triumphant, disheartening and frightening life that we live … please try to be understanding."
Lesson #2: Remember that everyone has a story.
You are not the only one with a hidden story. You may be surprised to find what you don't know about your friends. One young adult with PH told us, "I've learned that if you're willing to open up, let your friends in and tell them your story, it makes them feel closer to you. They are dealing with something, you're dealing with something, and it might be different, but it's a way you can connect. Letting them in, giving them the chance to go through the good times and bad times with you, is really important."
Lesson #3: Get creative.
Since self-esteem and appearance often go hand-in-hand, consider getting creative in how you dress. For special events such as prom, shop for a dress or tux that makes you to feel good about yourself. If hiding your scar is important to you, find an outfit that does the trick. Some teens use ace bandages or cute purses to conceal their pumps in discrete places for special events. But most importantly, don't hide who you are. If how you look is okay with you, it will be OK with your classmates too.
Lesson #4: Believe it: all eyes aren't on you.
If you have an obvious physical difference due to your PH, you may feel like that's the only thing people see when they look at you. It can be difficult to believe, but it's true: most people are not staring at you … they're far too busy thinking about themselves!
Lesson #5: Be ready for questions.
Most people have never heard of pulmonary hypertension, so at some point you're bound to get questions. Think about how you'd like to respond if someone asks you about your PH, oxygen or medication. Becca, a teen living with PH in Arizona, advises, "Having PH, I know that there are people out there who get comments about the IV tube coming out of their shirt. I know the pain, sadness and self-consciousness that come from these insensitive comments. However, when people ask questions or say something that seems rude or insensitive, I remind myself that they most likely did not mean to be rude. I tell myself that if I answer their questions with a smile, then I can help bring awareness to PH. I urge all of you, the next time someone makes a rude or insensitive comment … kindly turn to them and explain what is going on with your body. We can make a difference in the way the world sees those who are different by sharing our stories of survival."
Lesson #6: Know your rights.
If you are planning to attend college, contact the university's disability center and explore what accommodations they can offer you given your PH. All universities must have some type of disability program that can offer students appropriate academic accommodations. These may include a single dorm room due to your need to mix IV medications, early registration for classes, assistance getting to classes if walking long distances is difficult, extended time on exams or excused absences. Many young PHers manage to succeed in college by learning their rights and advocating for accommodations.
Lesson #7: Take charge of your health.
It's going to be really hard, if not impossible, to leave your parents to go to college or start a career if you're still relying on them to prepare your medications, remind you to take your pills, or call your doctor when you're not feeling well. It's never too early to begin preparing yourself to transition to an adult PH doctor or take on more responsibility for your daily medical management. You are your best advocate, so make yourself aware and responsible. Begin by learning your medications and doses. If you are on IV medications, learn to mix and do this 1-2 times a week, slowly increasing your responsibility. If you take oral medications, fill your own pill box, take your medications without prompting from your parents and learn how to request refills.
Lesson #8: Speak up at the doctor's office.
Start speaking directly with your medical team. You know your body and symptoms the best — be your own voice. You'll be amazed at how taking a little responsibility for your PH helps you to feel more independent, mature and capable. Plus it will demonstrate to your parents that you're ready for more responsibility in other areas as well.
Lesson #9: Get to know other people your age with PH.
Being a teenager with pulmonary hypertension is sometimes hard, but it can be helpful to remember that you're not alone. Talking to other teens with PH is one way to get support from people who understand what you're going through. To meet other young people living with pulmonary hypertension, visit PHA's social network for teenagers, PHA Teens.
Lesson #10: Have fun.
Hang out with friends, listen to music, study, play video games, read books and watch movies. Find time to try something new every couple weeks. Seek out causes you care about and activities you love. You're only in high school once. Remember, pulmonary hypertension is something you have, not who you are.


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SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will seek the death penalty against the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage in March, a decision his lawyer called "totally irresponsible."
The announcement followed a pretrial hearing last month for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 39, who faces premeditated murder and other charges in the attack on two villages in southern Afghanistan.
The slayings drew such angry protests that the U.S. temporarily halted combat operations in Afghanistan, and it was three weeks before American investigators could reach the crime scenes.
Prosecutors said Bales left his remote southern Afghanistan base early on March 11, attacked one village and returned to the base, then slipped away again to attack another nearby compound. Of the 16 people killed, nine were children.
No date has been set for Bales' court martial, which will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle.
His civilian lawyer, John Henry Browne, told The Associated Press he met with Army officials last week to argue his client shouldn't face the possibility of the death penalty, given that Bales was serving his fourth deployment in a war zone when the killings occurred.
"The Army is not taking responsibility for Sgt. Bales and other soldiers that the Army knowingly sends into combat situations with diagnosed PTSD, concussive head injuries and other injuries," Browne said. "The Army is trying to take the focus off the failure of its decisions, and the failure of the war itself, and making Sgt. Bales out to be a rogue soldier."
Bales' wife, Kari Bales, said in a statement Wednesday that she and their children have been enjoying their weekend visits with Bales at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and she hopes he receives an impartial trial.
"I no longer know if a fair trial for Bob is possible, but it very much is my hope, and I will have faith," she said.
Bales' defense team has said the government's case is incomplete, and outside experts have said a key issue going forward will be to determine if Bales suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Bales grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of Norwood, Ohio, and served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
During last month's preliminary hearing, prosecutors built a strong eyewitness case against the veteran soldier, with troops recounting how they saw Bales return to the base alone, covered in blood. One soldier testified that Bales woke him up in the middle of the night, saying he had just shot people at one village and that he was heading out again to attack another. The soldier said he didn't believe Bales and went back to sleep.
Afghan witnesses questioned via a video link from a forward operating base near Kandahar City described the horror of that night. A teenage boy recalled how the gunman kept firing as children scrambled, yelling: "We are children! We are children!" A young girl in a bright headscarf recalled hiding behind her father as he was shot to death.
An Army criminal investigations command special agent testified earlier that Bales tested positive for steroids three days after the killings, and other soldiers testified that Bales had been drinking the evening of the massacre.
Prosecutors, in asking for a court-martial trial, have pointed to statements Bales made after he was apprehended, saying his comments demonstrated a "clear memory of what he had done, and consciousness of wrongdoing."
Several soldiers testified at a hearing that Bales returned to the base alone just before dawn, covered in blood, and that he made incriminating statements such as, "I thought I was doing the right thing."
The U.S. military has not executed anyone since 1961. There are five men currently facing military death sentences, but none for killings committed in war zones, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Nidal Hasan, charged in the 2009 rampage that killed 13 and wounded more than two dozen others at Fort Hood in Texas, also could face the death penalty if convicted; no date has been set for his court martial.
Elizabeth Hillman, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, said Bales' mental health and its impact on culpability will undoubtedly play a central role in his court-martial.
In an email to the AP, she said that on one hand, the Army's decision to seek the death penalty is surprising, given that the killings took place in a war zone.
"But on the other hand, it's not surprising that the Army wants to make a statement about the critical need to protect against unnecessary civilian deaths in wartime," she wrote.
For Bales to face execution, the court martial jury must unanimously find him guilty of premeditated murder. They also must determine that at least one aggravating factor applies, such as multiple or child victims, and that the aggravating factor substantially outweighs any extenuating or mitigating circumstances.


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Will accusations affect new Woody Allen film?
NEW YORK – Throughout his long career, Woody Allen has been fascinated by magic, a theme he's explored frequently onscreen: playing a magician in "Scoop," sending Owen Wilson on time travel in "Midnight in Paris," or pulling Jeff Daniels out of a movie screen in "The Purple Rose of Cairo."
And though one might think, with the wave of terrible publicity he went through earlier this year, that a bit of magician-like escape into a bygone era or a movie screen is just what he might prefer, Allen is doing anything but disappear.
He's not only making movies on the same famously ambitious, one-per-year schedule he's adhered to for almost half a century. He's also actively promoting his latest, the lighthearted period romp "Magic in the Moonlight," even as he's busy shooting his next movie in Providence, Rhode Island.
But anyone who expected Allen to speak further on the personal issues that arose last year — the revival of accusations by his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, that he abused her when she was 7 — will be disappointed.
The 78-year-old director has held true to his word that he would say nothing further, following a February letter to the New York Times in which he vigorously denied the allegations.
The question does remain whether Allen's personal issues might affect the public reception of his new film, which stars Colin Firth as a cynical stage magician and Emma Stone as the young spiritualist whose magical powers he seeks to debunk. "One thing doesn't have to do with the other," says Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, which released the film on Friday.
Box office expert Paul Dergarabedian expects fans to agree.
"For fans, I think there's a total separation that occurs with Woody Allen," says Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. "Coming in, you know there's this baggage … but his filmmaking transcends all that. His audiences seem to keep lining up for his films."
So far, reviews for the new film have been mixed. In any case, Allen himself says he long ago stopped trying to figure out how his movies will be received.
"I have no idea," he said in a telephone interview, when asked about prospects for "Moonlight."
"I'm always disappointed in each movie when I'm finished," he explained, "because there's a big difference between the fantasy you have when you're home writing the thing, and you think, this is going to be so great … and then you actually have to execute it, and Emma Stone can't possibly walk across the room as fast as you pictured, because no human can. … And so I'm always disappointed, and I never have an idea which ones are going to resonate with an audience."
Dergarabedian notes that big-name actors "are still lining up to work with Allen." That would include Firth and Stone, both working with Allen for the first time.
"His work has had such a specific role to play in my whole relation with movies," Firth said, "that to suddenly be invited to join the narrative a bit is thrilling."
Stone is only 25 — less than half Firth's age — but still has a connection to Allen's films. "My mom showed me 'Annie Hall,' " said the actress, who noted that her family dog is named Alvy, after Alvy Singer, Allen's role in that film.
"I was incredibly nervous," Stone said of the prospect of working with Allen. But clearly it worked out: She's now shooting his new movie, along with Joaquin Phoenix.
In "Moonlight," you could say Firth has the requisite Woody Allen protagonist role. And his character, Stanley, exudes the same cynicism about magic and spiritualism that Allen feels. "He's a magician who'd love to be proven wrong," said Allen. Especially because "he knows that life is a tough, brutal, grim, meaningless grind full of heartache and tragedy, accruing to nothing."
If that sounds sober, listen to Allen's own (abridged here) view of life:
"In the end," he said, "you realize that you're just a human being on the face of the earth, an insignificant agglomeration of cells and neurons, and eventually that expires, and eventually everything expires. It's terrifying."
Allen says the best antidote is distraction, a gift he's been trying to give his audiences for 50 years. But don't expect a happy answer to the question of whether experience makes him a better director.
"I wish that were true," he said, ruefully. "In an art form, you start from scratch all the time. You gain a little technique over the years. But inspirationally — that's in the lap of the gods.
"If I'm lucky, I get a great inspiration and it's a good film. If I'm not lucky, I get less inspired, and it's not such a good film."


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'It's a big thing': Earthquake impacts in Turkiye and Syria felt in Waterloo region
Death and destruction is left in the aftermath of earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria, while the devastating impact is being felt in Waterloo region and beyond.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 3,400 people Monday morning and toppled thousands of buildings across a large swath of land.
Ugur Akdogan is a resident in Waterloo region. He said he has been glued to his screen, reading and wishing he could be doing more for his home country of Turkiye.
"Trying to hear the good things, but it's sad. It's a big thing," Akdogan told CTV News.
Akdogan said he spoke to his friends in Turkiye earlier today.
"He said his family's building is demolished and heard that this morning they are safe. They moved to another city. When I called another friend who lives there, his sister is underground right now," he said.
A Kitchener resident living in Turkiye, five hours away from the quake's epicenter, said she still felt the impact.
"It sort of woke me up, and I talked to friends who were woken up where we live in Ankara," said Melissa Balan.
Balan said with the magnitude of resources needed, the country is trying to come together.
"They're having buses to take people to hospital for blood donations. They're also collecting clothing and doing food collections in addition to money collection as well," Balan said.
In 1999 about 18,000 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit northwest Turkiye.
The Mennonite Central Committee is in its early stage of starting a fundraiser and mobilizing resources to help those in need in Syria.
"Food and water and perhaps some emergency shelter and then longer time basis we'll provide trauma support for those who have been through what seems to be another trauma upon trauma in Syria," said John Head, executive director at Mennonite Central Committee Ontario.
Akdogan is hoping the community in Waterloo region will help with humanitarian efforts.
"Everybody is kind of connected and trying to help each other because it's a difficult time for everybody," he said. "It's a time to be together."
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In my mind, the trad climb was desperate and runout but only in my mind. I mashed chalk into my palms and recalled a scene from one of my all-time favorite movies...
In my mind, the trad climb was desperate and runout … but only in my mind. I mashed chalk into my palms and recalled a scene from one of my all-time favorite
movies, Gladiator, when Maximus Decimis Meridius quietly sits on his haunches in the sandy waste and steals a handful of dirt, clutching the
dry earth like a symbol of his own fate or destiny before letting the soil drain dauntlessly from his fist. Radical carnage ensued; dudes were gored
and beheaded, their limbs deposed with the swift and imprecise brutality of a machete swiping through an olive branch. Awesome. These warriors were
wrought out of an archetypal strength that hasn't been seen on earth in a long time, definitely not since the invention of the internet, and the proof
is in our puttering. Following my lame little chalky invocation to General Maximus were episodes of bona fide whimpering each time I climbed mere inches
above my last piece. The litany of excuses I unleashed was as sky-darkening as the salvo of arrows discharged by the Roman Legion.
My climbing has never progressed in leaps or bounds. Stunted by bad genes and sarcastic determination, I find too much humor in trying too hard, and the
effect is futile, the opposite of what's intended. When I first started climbing, I often had this conversation with myself about my own fragile mortality
during the march up to whatever climbs I intended to battle. Like a gladiator I felt my life was in my own hands, hung from the pieces of pro I was
just learning to set in the conglomerate ramparts. These introverted conversations went on for too long, like wetting the bed till you're 15. I gave
solemn assent to "inherent risks" and "objective hazards," then just phantoms and rumors that had come into a dynamic existence from a nightly diet
of Freedom of the Hills.
I remember the infatuate period in which all this changed, beginning with this context-free remark spoken by my friend Bayard Russell. "It's not as though
I think I'm going to die when I go cragging!" he said.
To someone who had been accepting—however theatrically—the likelihood of his own tragic demise prior to each figure-8 tied, Bayard appeared
audacious and incandescent. He's a strong guy who comes from good mountaineering stock (alpenstock?), whereas I, apparently, come from chicken stock.
I was a craven weed, more comfortable around demi-glazes than demigods of stone. But these were words I was ready to hear, and their effect was transformative.
They pierced me like a sword and from that lesion percolated a sanguine apprehension that in all likelihood I wasn't going to die cragging either.
The sheer casualness of his remark was just the blessing I needed to let go of my overwrought incantations and just enjoy being impetuous
and up on the walls.
One day Bayard and I were at the Reed's Pinnacle area of the Valley. I had just lowered off Lunatic Fringe, a veritable path to the moon and one
of the best 5.10s in the world. As I untied, my rock shoes slalomed in the muddy residuals of an inclement April, and I sat down upon a tree root that
bulged out of the ground like a great black vein in the earth's skin. We had reached a ceiling of pitches—each one meticulously completed with
the cautious abandon of trad climbing—but instead of retiring to Camp 4 to wallow around with the other fatbellies, Bayard suggested we have
a go at an ugly chimney nearby.
The chimney was a gradeless and bleak purgatory, as enticing as a sarcophagus and nearly as horizontal. Bayard removed his harness and tied the rope around
his waist three times.
"Put me on hip belay," he demanded.
I was confused. I plucked Bayard's harness off the ground and, along with my ATC, held it up. Like a pushy Arab merchant, I expounded upon all the ways
in which he both needed and wanted this gear. "Yes, yes, you like! I make you good deal!" But my innate ability to bargain fell on
deaf ears.
"No, we're doing this old school," he said. Why not? I copied him in shedding my rig and tying the rope around my waist. Bayard grabbed some nuts and a
few biners, and set off into the chimney, placing little pro and swiftly reaching a tree anchor 40 feet up. I followed, stemming across the miserable,
unlit defile and joining my partner at the perch.
"Now what?" I asked, looking up at the impeccable granite tapestry, as featureless as a pane of glass. Our adventure seemed awfully short lived.
"Throw me back on hip belay," Bayard said. "I'm going to traverse out on the face and see if we can rap off that chicken head."
This was just getting stupidly dangerous and completely pointless … but what in climbing isn't? However, the chicken head was shier than Bayard
expected, only peeking out of the wall as far as half a tennis ball. Tying a slipknot around it was hopeless. Bayard traversed back to the tree, and
we Freedom of the Hills rappelled down the maw with the ropes around our waists. On the ground, I felt awake. I remember this as one of the
first tangible moments of "progress" in my climbing life. Perhaps it was just a meaningless irony that this mental expansion was culled from a moot
old-school performance, though maybe not. Anyhow, things changed. I took more falls. I went for it more. I had come to terms with the gravity and seriousness
of these vertical situations, while learning not to take them seriously. Everything opened.
"Making progress," and its variants, is a giant, nebulous concept that we climbers both deeply need and vehemently oppose. And no time in our history have
we felt greater pressure to make "progress," while simultaneously acting to impede, doubt and sabotage all machinations conspiring toward that end.
Early this year Daniel Woods stepped into the theoretical by establishing the continent's first V16, The Game, which, outside of the appeal for
its insanely difficult moves, is a roadside overbite of rock, unaesthetic and ingrown into the recesses of Boulder Canyon rubble.
Not to be outdone, Paul Robinson put up his own V16, Lucid Dreaming, shortly after Woods' groundbreaking ascent. Lucid Dreaming was a
longstanding project in Bishop and contains a two-move crimper crux that Robinson, on his 8a.nu scorecard, says took him 12 days over two years to
link: "This feels like another level up from Jade (V15) and Terremer (V15), and is a step up for me in my own climbing."
Comments on the internet predictably parroted and parodied the deep and cynical thread long since running through our community that believes people can't
climb as hard as they say they can. It's worse now than ever. American Idol is still the most popular show of all time, and we are nowhere
near the end of this cultural moment when we'll watch anything just so long as it feeds our newfound sense of entitlement to judge. As long as someone's
or something's worth hangs in the balance of our almighty opinions, we're there.
Robinson came under more scrutiny than Woods for his choice to grade Lucid Dreaming V16. His logic was dissected with a dull blade and examined
like a math equation, an approach that makes sense if you believe climbing grades really are perfectly algebraic and neither discriminatory nor expressions
of personal climbing artistry.
On his blog, Robinson wrote, "We need to progress the sport of bouldering and not get stuck in this V15 rut and never move forward."
Some climbers, like Dave Graham, Nalle Hukkataival and Malcolm Smith, have urged for greater prudence in grading problems that clock in at the zenith of
the V scale. After Smith sent one of his hardest problems to date, Monk Life (V14), he explained: "I can't see any reason to give anything
V15. That grade is unbelievable and I struggle to believe anyone around can climb it. We've got to be sensible about these things."
When talking about something as fantastic as advancing the entire sport of climbing, the fact that next higher numbers also garner media attention and
sponsorship dollars is the elephant in the room.
The movers and shakers of climbing play uncomfortable roles as leaders, attempting to give the rabble what it wants by delivering its feats through media
reenactments, while we get to stand cynical, stultified and in judgment of the climb's place and worth. Only we don't seem to know exactly what our
ideals should be or what progress should look like.
Progress, in general, is the idea that advancements in science, art, technology, quality of life and democracy will improve the human condition. In sports,
progress is showing an expansion of what we know to be possible by the human body and will.
As in good writing, you have to show how the feat is great and in what ways; we can't just be told that it is. Compelling media has become an
inextricable part of progress. Still, I wonder: What is left to prove or show? We've stood on top of the highest mountains, climbed the hardest lines,
done the biggest dynos, pulled on the smallest holds and soloed the most audacious cliffs. Things will certainly get incrementally harder, faster,
bolder and bigger … but they're not getting any newer. And this is the source of everyone's frustration. Today's athletes can pull
harder moves on bigger rocks all they want—call it 5.15a or 5.16a, or V18 or V20—but nothing actually changes anymore about our perceptions
of what's possible. Maybe when someone free solos El Cap, we'll be awestruck … but I doubt for very long, and more to the point, it wouldn't
actually affect anything.
Humans, especially Americans, are like sharks in that we have to move forward. Stillness, the status quo, is feared and loathed as a type of death. History
has proven that progress, in general, has improved our lives and allowed us more freedom to cultivate our individual artistic sensibilities, but there
are many examples where progress, almost accidentally, becomes a force for evil. We're condemned to continuously screw with stuff, to refine it ad
infinitum beyond its usefulness. We started out throwing rocks, and those rocks became spears, which became guns, which became bombs that annihilate
masses with the single push of a button. There becomes a point when the intention gets lost, along with the values embodied by the original experience.
Certainly, there's a parallel here to climbing, and you can see it in the online comments—specifically, in the ways they damn or approve. Like the
reeking mob of the Coliseum, we put our thumbs either up or down—it's all shit or sunshine online. These exercises have nothing to do with the
climbing achievement; they're opportunities for us to be as we think we ought to be.
In climbing, defining "progress" as an escalating number seems superficial in a sport where the experience feels exactly the same no matter what level you operate at. Everyone sucks at his or her own level, and redpointing a 5.10 can be just as fulfilling as redpointing a 5.14. The 19th Century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said that the best life we can expect is one in which we strive for ends that, once achieved, bring only fleeting satisfaction.
The great climbing philosopher Chris Sharma recast this idea at the end of the film King Lines,
saying, "Climbing is this ever-evolving thing, and although it really is about the goal and succeeding and getting to the top, at the same time, it's
a never-ending cyle of finding something that you're really motivated on, obsessing over it, and then once you get to the top, celebrating for a little
while and then moving on to the next thing."
As Bayard inadvertently taught me, the greatest progress we can hope to make is our own internal growth and expansion of what we believe is possible. Further,
this is impossible unless you learn to enjoy the brutality of the struggle and not obsess over the end result. In other words, just relax and have
For Andrew Bisharat, it's two steps forward, one step back.


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